Jasper’s Country Club Estates street rebuild wins state award

What Dubois County got for the money in Country Club Estates was a full street rebuild, not a patch job. Jasper’s work in the neighborhood won the Project of the Year Award from the Indiana Street Commissioners Association, a state-level nod that puts a residential infrastructure project on the same stage as the best public works jobs in Indiana.

The City of Jasper said the Country Club Estates Streets Reconstruction Project was a yearlong effort that stripped out old concrete streets and aging infrastructure, replaced storm sewers, updated utility lines and rebuilt the road system with new concrete curb and gutter and new asphalt pavement. That kind of work changes daily life in ways residents notice immediately, from smoother driving and better drainage to less wear on driveways, yards and the fronts of homes.

The city’s own April 13, 2026 notice showed how extensive the work had become in the subdivision. Milling was scheduled to begin the next day, April 14, on Poplar Lane, Emily Street, 19th Street and 20th Street east of St. Charles Street, with the Jasper Street Department and contractor Calcar Paving handling the asphalt removal. By the time the project was finished, the neighborhood had gone from worn concrete and utility headaches to a rebuilt street network designed for longer-term use.

Jasper also thanked residents of the subdivision for their patience during the project, a sign of how disruptive a rebuild of this scale can be even when it is aimed at a lasting payoff. In a neighborhood like Country Club Estates, the return is not just cosmetic. Replacing storm sewers and updating utilities under the pavement helps address the kind of drainage and maintenance issues that can linger long after a surface-level repair would have failed.

The recognition matters beyond one subdivision. The Purdue Road School Transportation Conference & Expo launched its Road School Industry Awards program this year to recognize excellence, leadership and innovation in public works and street operations across Indiana, and Jasper’s award places the city among the projects setting that standard. Warsaw also received a Project of the Year In-House Award this year, underscoring that Indiana communities are being judged not just on what they build, but on how well those dollars improve the places people live every day.