Asphalt Paving in Allendale, MI

Asphalt paving in Allendale serves two very different customers: homeowners and rental property owners. The Allendale census-designated place grew from 17,579 residents in 2010 to 27,073 in 2020, a 54 percent jump, and Grand Valley State University's main campus covers 1,237 acres here. Only about 53 percent of homes are owner-occupied, so apartment lots, shared drives and rental driveways make up a big part of the paving here.

Rental lots

Student housing lots take a beating: constant turning, cars parked on the same spots every day, dumpster trucks, and snow piles that sit until April. Small, regular repairs keep them safe and usable. We offer pothole patching, crack sealing, sealcoating and restriping, scheduled around move-in and move-out when lots are busiest.

Permits

Allendale Charter Township says Professional Code Inspections issues all building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits and does the inspections, and zoning compliance permits are needed for fences, sheds and agricultural buildings. Driveways onto Ottawa County roads need a Road Commission permit to construct, reconstruct, relocate, surface or resurface them.

Homeowners

For homeowners, Allendale's newer subdivisions mostly need first-time crack sealing and sealcoating; older homes and rural parcels may need replacement or gravel-to-asphalt conversions. Concrete approaches are allowed only on curbed county roads, so on shouldered roads the approach is usually asphalt.

Weather

Allendale is closer to Lake Michigan than Grand Rapids and gets lake-effect snow. Plowing, salt and freeze-thaw are the main enemies; drainage and sealed cracks are the main defense.

Costs

National guides list parking lot sealcoating at about $0.15 to $0.30 per square foot, restriping of a 30 to 50 stall lot at about $500 to $1,200, and pothole repairs at about $100 to $400. New asphalt driveways run roughly $5 to $12 or more per square foot. The written estimate sets the price.

Accessible spaces

When a rental lot is restriped, the Department of Justice says the work must meet the 2010 ADA Standards for accessible parking, including the number of accessible and van-accessible spaces. We lay out those spaces with their access aisles as part of the job.

Timing

Paving here runs from late spring into early fall. For rental lots, the weeks around August move-in are the busiest, so we often schedule lot work in early summer or right after move-in settles down.

Homeowner drives

For owner-occupied homes, we quote what the drive needs: crack sealing and sealcoating if it is sound, an overlay if the surface is worn but the base is firm, or replacement if the base has failed.

Snow piles

On lots, plowed snow piles sit for weeks and melt across the pavement. We look at where piles go and how the meltwater drains when planning repairs.

Costs for homeowners

National guides put a new asphalt driveway at roughly $5 to $12 or more per square foot and sealcoating at about $1 to $2 per square foot. The written estimate sets the price.

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