Asphalt Paving in Montclair, CA

Asphalt paving in Montclair is mostly about working well in tight spaces. The city covers just 5.53 square miles and had 37,865 residents in 2020, about 6,844 people per square mile, one of the densest cities in the area. Driveways are short, side yards are narrow, and many properties back onto alleys. Moving equipment in and out without damaging lawns, walls or a neighbor's car takes planning.

Postwar homes

Montclair was mostly citrus orchards through the first half of the twentieth century. Homes went up after World War II, and the city incorporated as Monte Vista on April 25, 1956. The Post Office would not open an office under that name because another Monte Vista already existed in Northern California, so the city became Montclair on April 8, 1958. Population jumped from 13,546 in 1960 to 22,546 in 1970. Driveways from that era have been resurfaced and patched many times. If yours has layers of old overlays, it may now sit higher than the garage floor or the curb, and full removal is the way to fix the height and the drainage.

Multifamily and commercial lots

Apartment complexes, small retail centers and offices make up a large share of the paved area in Montclair. Their lots tend to be small and fully used, so we phase work in halves or thirds, often with a night or weekend schedule, and restripe as each section opens. Lots near Montclair Place and along Central Avenue and Holt Boulevard see steady traffic, and drive aisles wear faster than parking stalls. Patching the aisles and sealing the whole lot is often the most economical fix.

Transit and traffic

The Montclair Transit Center is a major hub for Metrolink trains and Foothill Transit and Omnitrans buses, and Interstate 10 runs through the north of the city. Work near busy streets needs traffic control, and work in the public right-of-way needs the city's approval, which we confirm with the City of Montclair before scheduling.

Small jobs

Because lots are compact, many Montclair jobs are small: a driveway, a parking pad or a few potholes. Paving equipment and hot mix have a fixed cost, so we try to group repairs into one visit, and we give a clear price up front.

What Montclair property owners ask for most

• Replacing original 1950s and 1960s driveways that have been overlaid too many times
• Paving narrow side drives and alley parking behind homes
• Resurfacing and restriping small apartment and condo lots in phases
• Pothole and edge repair on retail lots along Holt Boulevard and Central Avenue
• Sealing and crack filling to stretch the life of lots that are worn but not failing

Every job gets an itemized quote, and we coordinate access with neighbors when work happens in shared alleys or driveways.

Planning around Montclair's density

With close to 6,850 people per square mile, Montclair streets are full of parked cars, and many blocks have little room for a dump truck and a paver at the same time. We ask neighbors to move cars where needed, schedule deliveries of hot mix to arrive as the crew is ready, and keep the street swept as we go.

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