Thanks to the Gazette's cub reporter Frog, we found out that the original Broad Ripple Avenue streetcar tracks are being removed from the center of the Avenue during the first phase of the sewer work and sidewalk widening. The project is starting at the west end, at College Avenue. As of press time, the tearing up of the rails has progressed to 800 block of Broad Ripple Avenue, just east of Carrollton [H4 on map].

The old rails and ties come out and new sewer pipe goes in. The new pipe appears to be 12 to 14 inches in diameter.

It was surprising to see that the ties under the rails had over a foot of street above them.