Asphalt Paving in Meriden, CT

Asphalt paving in Meriden covers a dense, older city. Meriden had 60,850 residents in 2020 on about 23.8 square miles, at an elevation of about 177 feet. It was incorporated as a town in 1806 and a city in 1867, and its many silver manufacturers earned it the name Silver City; International Silver made silver here until the early 1980s.

Older city housing

The housing built during Meriden's manufacturing years includes many multi-family homes on narrow lots, with rear parking for several cars. Those areas carry turning traffic all day and need a thicker section than a single driveway. Driveways in older neighborhoods are often overlaid several times; when they sit too high, we remove the layers and rebuild.

The Hanging Hills

West Peak, East Peak, South Mountain and Cathole Mountain rise above the city as part of the trap rock Metacomet Ridge, and Hubbard Park covers about 1,800 acres of the hills. Homes on the lower slopes have sloped driveways that need drainage: crown, berm curbing and trench drains where garages sit below the street.

Harbor Brook and the Quinnipiac

Harbor Brook crosses the city from northeast to southwest and empties into Hanover Pond, and the Quinnipiac River runs through South Meriden. Low lots near these waterways stay damp and need a deeper processed-stone base and grading that moves water off.

Commercial lots

I-91 and I-691 cross the city, Route 15 runs toward Wallingford and New Haven, and US 5 runs as North and South Broad Street. Shopping centers, offices and medical buildings along those corridors need lots that drain and are striped with the accessible spaces the 2010 ADA Standards require when restriped. Entrances on state routes fall under Connecticut DOT's encroachment permit process.

Planning

Paving runs from late spring through fall; sealing and crack sealing are best in late summer. We phase commercial work to keep businesses open.

Costs

National guides list new asphalt driveways at about $5 to $12 or more per square foot (HomeGuide). Multi-family parking areas cost more per square foot than a single-family driveway because of the thicker section. Commercial lots run about $2 to $4.50 per square foot (HomeAdvisor), with striping at $4 to $5 per standard stall and $25 to $40 per accessible stall (HomeGuide). Sealcoating runs about $1 to $2 per square foot for driveways. We list each part of the job separately. For hillside driveways near the Hanging Hills, drainage work such as a trench drain at the bottom is a separate line. Paving runs from late spring through fall, and we phase commercial jobs so businesses stay open.

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