The U.S. Coast Guard is scaling back its once-ambitious plans for a polar security base along Seattle’s waterfront.
The Coast Guard announced in November that it anticipated growing its footprint just west of T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field to expand the country’s “maritime dominance.” The earliest phase of work, worth some $137 million, included plans to dredge the waters around Pier 36 and build two modernized berths, where yet-to-be-built polar security cutters could dock.
But in documents filed this week by the Coast Guard, the military branch now says it only plans a modest footprint expansion and that it will not build any additional berths…