Local Asphalt Paving Contractor in Arcadia CA - Parking Lots and Driveways Done Right

Arcadia grew quickly as a postwar suburb after World War II, when large chicken ranches were subdivided into home lots and the population expanded rapidly through the 1950s and 1960s. That timeline means a large share of the city's housing stock is now 60 to 80 years old, and the driveways, block walls, and commercial parking lots from that era are at or past their expected service life. Concrete and asphalt surfaces installed in the 1950s through 1970s have had decades of San Gabriel Valley wet-dry cycles working on them, and the expansive clay soils in this part of the valley have moved those surfaces repeatedly. Cracked driveways and failing parking lots are the predictable result - and they are one of the most common calls we get from Arcadia property owners.

Arcadia's older neighborhoods also have an unusual density of large, mature trees - many planted when the subdivisions were new. Those trees add character to the city's streets, but their root systems spread under driveways and flatwork and heave asphalt and concrete from below. Combined with the clay soil movement from seasonal rain, root intrusion is a significant cause of cracking and uneven surfaces on Arcadia's residential lots. Per the City of Arcadia, property owners are responsible for sidewalk maintenance adjacent to their lots, which means root damage that reaches the public sidewalk creates both a repair cost and a liability for homeowners.

Arcadia is a city of roughly 57,000 people in Los Angeles County, located about 13 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley. The city is well known as the home of Santa Anita Park, one of the most famous horse racing tracks in the United States, which has operated on the edge of the San Gabriel Mountains since 1934. The city also contains the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, a 100-plus-acre public garden and nature preserve open year-round. Arcadia incorporated in 1903 and developed first as a well-to-do suburb before expanding rapidly as a postwar subdivision city. The housing stock reflects both eras - some estate-style homes on larger lots in the older neighborhoods and rows of ranch-style tract homes on mid-size lots from the postwar decades. Neighboring Temple City, CA borders Arcadia to the south and west, and we serve that city regularly as well.

The northern edge of Arcadia sits directly below the San Gabriel Mountains and the I-210 Foothill Freeway, placing those neighborhoods at the transition between the flat valley floor and the foothills. Properties on the north side tend to have larger lots, more mature trees, and occasional drainage concerns from hillside runoff - all factors that affect how paving and concrete work is planned and executed in those areas. The commercial corridors along Huntington Drive and Foothill Boulevard are busy streets with a mix of retail, restaurants, and service businesses, many operating out of parking facilities that are now decades old and overdue for maintenance attention.