Asphalt Paving in Miami Gardens, FL

Asphalt Paving in Miami Gardens often means dealing with a driveway that may already have lived a long life. The city itself is young, incorporated in May 2003, but the neighborhoods it absorbed are not. Carol City, Norland, Bunche Park, Andover, Lake Lucerne, Opa-locka North and Scott Lake were all unincorporated parts of the county for decades before the city existed, so plenty of the asphalt here was laid long before 2003.

Age tends to show up in a few ways: edges that crumble where tires roll off the slab, gray surfaces that have lost their oils to the sun, and low spots where water sits after an afternoon storm. Our first job on any visit is to figure out whether a driveway needs a surface treatment, a targeted repair, or a full tear-out and rebuild, and to put that answer in a written quote you can compare.

Room for more than one car

Census figures put the average Miami Gardens household at 3.19 people, larger than in Aventura, Miami Lakes, Hialeah or Doral. Larger households can mean more vehicles, and a driveway sized for one sedan can turn into a daily shuffle. Widening a driveway, adding a parking pad beside it, or squaring off a curved apron are all options we can price. Any change that touches the swale or the approach in the public right-of-way is a permit question. Where Miami Gardens allows it, we can assist in putting the application together; a city may ask contractors to register before they apply, so check with Miami Gardens before work begins.

Reading the drainage before we pave

The city lists rainfall from tropical storms, hurricanes and other heavy rain events among the flood hazards residents face. Wikipedia lists the city's elevation at only about 10 feet, so where runoff goes matters on every job. We look at which way your lot falls, where the gutters discharge, and whether the swale can take the water, then set the finished grade so rain moves off the asphalt instead of pooling against the garage or the front step.

What we offer here

• Full driveway removal and replacement on aging single-family lots
• Driveway widening and side parking pads, with permit questions checked with the city first
• Pothole, edge and crack repair for driveways that still have good base
• Sealcoating to slow sun damage on asphalt that is still sound
• Parking lot paving, patching and restriping for churches, shops and offices along the main corridors

Stadium-city traffic on commercial lots

Miami Gardens is home to Hard Rock Stadium, and event traffic can put heavy, uneven loads on nearby commercial lots. For business owners, we look at where vehicles turn and brake, because those are the spots where asphalt tends to shove and ravel first. A good patch-and-seal plan, followed by fresh striping, can extend the life of a lot that is worn but not failed.