Paving Contractor in Atlanta, GA

Older driveways on Atlanta's west and southwest sides

Census data date about 44 percent of homes in ZIP code 30311 to the 1950s and 1960s. Cascade Heights and Venetian Hills sit in that ZIP. Closer in, the federal soil survey maps nearly all of West End and Mozley Park as Urban land. The survey names no natural soil there.

Under an old drive there, the ground may be old fill rather than clay. Part of our look at the job is judging whether the base is still sound. When it is, asphalt repair and patching or an overlay can give the drive more life. When it is not, patching only buys time, and the drive needs a rebuild from the stone up.

Atlanta is still growing, and the Census estimated 529,110 residents in 2025, up from 498,715 in the 2020 count. Around Ben Hill and Greenbriar, about 40 percent of homes in ZIP code 30331 went up in 2000 or later. Newer drives there mostly need upkeep: crack filling first, then sealcoating.

What red clay and Atlanta rain do to asphalt

Where the soil survey still names a natural soil in southwest Atlanta, the Cecil and Rion soils come up often. NRCS, which runs that survey, describes the Cecil subsoil as sticky, plastic red clay. Its rating for local roads flags Cecil for low strength, so a thin base over it ruts and cracks.

The ground is rarely flat, either. The soil survey maps much of Collier Heights on 10 to 25 percent slopes. Parts of Adamsville and Westview sit on the same steep ground. On a slope, rain runs down the drive and cuts under the edges.

NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals give Atlanta's airport gauge about 50 inches of rain a year. Every month averages more than 3 inches, so there is no real dry season. About 15 days a year bring an inch or more. That is why we set the grade and the drainage before any asphalt goes down.

Church and business lots along Campbellton Road and Hollowell Parkway

On Atlanta's west and southwest sides, church and business lots line a few long roads. Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway carries US 78, and much of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive is GA 139. Campbellton Road and Cascade Road run southwest to the city limits and beyond.

A busy lot takes more wear than a driveway. Delivery trucks and full Sunday lots load the pavement, and standing water finds every low spot. Our parking lot paving starts with the grade and the drainage, then the base and the asphalt. We plan the work in sections so a church or a business can stay open.

A sound lot needs sealcoating and fresh striping from time to time. A restripe is laid out to the federal accessible-parking rules. Older city stormwater guidance for small commercial sites treats an overlay of existing pavement differently from new paving. Ask the Department of Watershed Management how it reads your lot first.

Some Atlanta jobs are private drives or gravel. Our road paving covers shared private drives with the same grade and base work. For gravel drives and pads, our stone hauling and gravel delivery brings crusher run in our own dump trucks.

Who signs off on driveway work in the City of Atlanta?

That depends on where the work sits. The apron and the sidewalk at the street are public right of way. ATLDOT, the city's transportation department, issues the permit for work there and lists driveway apron repairs as an example.

Some city streets are also state routes, like GA 139 on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. On state routes, GDOT requires its own permit to widen or move a driveway in the state right of way.

West End and Collier Heights are two of the city's historic districts. If your home sits in one, ask the city's historic preservation staff before you change the driveway.

Georgia law requires a Georgia 811 locate request before machine digging or grading. Georgia 811 asks for it at least three business days ahead. The city and the state answer the permit questions, and we point you to the right office.