Parking Lot Paving in Edinburg, TX

Parking lot paving is the construction of new asphalt lots and the rebuilding or resurfacing of old ones. It applies to retail centers, offices, medical clinics, churches, schools, restaurants and apartment complexes. Edinburg has grown from 77,100 residents in 2010 to 100,243 in 2020, and new businesses along University Drive, the US 281 corridor and the streets around UTRGV all need parking. Older lots, meanwhile, show their age with alligator cracking where trucks turn, potholes at the dumpster pad and standing water at the low corner.

Thickness for the traffic you actually get

A parking lot carries much more than parked cars. Delivery trucks, garbage trucks and fire apparatus all cross it, usually along the same lanes. HomeGuide recommends 4 inches or more of asphalt for commercial lots, and in practice the drive lanes and dumpster approach often need more base and asphalt than the stalls. We look at where the heavy vehicles go and design the section for that, rather than paving the whole lot to one thickness.

Drainage on flat ground

Large flat lots in the Valley collect water. With September averaging over 4 inches of rain in Edinburg, a lot with no real slope ends up with ponds that soften the base and spread potholes. We set grades to move water to inlets, curb openings or the street, and where an existing lot has a chronic low spot, we deal with it in the base rather than just paving over it.

Overlay or rebuild

An overlay adds a new layer of asphalt over the old surface. HomeGuide lists overlays at $1 to $3 per square foot for a 1.5 to 2 inch layer, and notes that overlaying a sound surface typically saves 20 to 30 percent over replacement. It only works where the base is still solid. Where the base has failed, we cut out and rebuild those areas first, or recommend full reconstruction if failure is widespread.

Keeping the business open

Most lots can be done in sections so customers still have a way in. We plan phases around your hours, keep an entrance open, and schedule striping as soon as the new surface allows so the lot is usable again quickly.

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Permits, driveways and accessibility

New commercial driveways onto city streets in Edinburg are right-of-way work that falls under the city's permit process, and new access onto a state highway such as US 281 or SH 107 goes through TxDOT. When the lot is restriped, the 2010 ADA Standards apply to the accessible spaces, so the layout is checked for count, size, aisles and signs as part of the job.