Top-Rated Asphalt Paving Contractor in Tustin - Parking Lots and Driveways That Hold Up

Tustin is a fully built-out city covering just over 11 square miles, with a housing stock that spans nearly a century - from the bungalows and commercial buildings in Old Town Tustin dating to the 1920s and 1930s, through the mid-century ranch homes and commercial developments from the 1950s through 1970s, to the newer townhomes and mixed-use buildings in the Tustin Legacy redevelopment area constructed in the 2000s and 2010s. Each era brought different pavement specs, base thicknesses, and drainage designs. A driveway from 1968 in a neighborhood near the old downtown has different failure modes and repair requirements than a shared-access HOA driveway in Tustin Legacy - and treating them the same way produces bad results for one of them.

Clay soils are the constant across most of Tustin's residential areas. These soils expand when wet and contract when dry, and the seasonal cycle creates ongoing pressure on pavement from below. In a dry year this means surface cracking from soil shrinkage; after a wet winter it means base softening where cracks allowed water penetration. Santa Ana wind events in fall also accelerate surface degradation by driving dust and debris into cracks and by stripping protective sealants from surfaces that have not been maintained. Commercial lots along high-traffic corridors face all of these factors plus the additional stress of daily vehicle loading.

Tustin is a mid-sized city of around 80,000 people in central Orange County, incorporated in 1927 and sometimes called "The City of Trees" for the sycamores and oaks planted along its streets since its founding. The historic core is Old Town Tustin, with tree-lined commercial streets and a mix of preserved older buildings alongside newer infill. The city is bordered by Irvine, Orange, and Santa Ana, and sits at the convergence of several major Orange County freeways - the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55) along its western edge and the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) to the north and east. Newport Avenue and Red Hill Avenue are the main surface streets running through the commercial heart of the city.

One of Tustin's most distinct features is the Tustin Legacy development, built on the site of a Marine Corps Air Station that closed in 1997. The two enormous wooden World War II-era blimp hangars - among the largest wooden structures ever built - remain standing as landmarks visible from across the city. The surrounding Tustin Legacy area has been redeveloped into a large mixed-use district with newer housing, retail, and commercial buildings, creating a sharp contrast between the city's oldest neighborhoods and its newest construction. To the west, Irvine borders Tustin and is served by our same crew and equipment. We also cover Lake Forest to the south, where similar commercial corridor and residential paving needs bring us into that area regularly.