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Serving Redlands, CA and surrounding areas. (909) 488-7710
Redlands Asphalt Paving delivers asphalt paving contractor services throughout Fontana, CA, covering grading and excavation, driveway paving, and parking lot maintenance. We have served the Inland Empire since 2016 and understand the 1990s tract housing stock, clay-bearing soils, and freeway-corridor wear that make proper base preparation the difference between a driveway that lasts and one that fails within a few years.
In Fontana, where clay soils and years of dry-wet cycling have shifted the ground under many 1990s and early-2000s tracts, getting the grade right before any paving begins is the job that determines how long everything above it lasts. Our grading and excavation service removes unstable material, corrects drainage slopes, and prepares a compacted base that holds up under Fontana's traffic and seasonal soil movement.
Much of Fontana was built in large residential tracts between the 1980s and 2000s, and many homes in those developments now have concrete driveways that are cracking, spalling, or draining poorly after 20 to 40 years. We install asphalt driveways with a properly sized aggregate base designed to handle the clay soil movement common in this part of San Bernardino County.
Commercial parking lots along Sierra Avenue and Foothill Boulevard are exposed to intense UV and heat for most of the year, and heavy truck traffic near Fontana's logistics corridors accelerates surface wear beyond what standard suburban lots face. A scheduled maintenance program - sealcoating, crack sealing, and re-striping - keeps commercial lots looking professional and avoids the much higher cost of a full repave.
Fontana's inland location means summers bring both extreme heat and very low humidity - the combination that oxidizes asphalt binder fastest. Sealcoating every three to five years creates a protective barrier against UV degradation, keeps the surface flexible, and dramatically slows the graying and cracking that otherwise begins within five years on unsealed asphalt in this climate.
The shrink-swell soil cycle in Fontana opens new cracks in driveways and parking lots on a predictable seasonal rhythm. Sealing those cracks with hot rubberized material each fall, before winter rains arrive, prevents water from reaching the base and triggering the more expensive failure patterns that follow. It is the most cost-effective maintenance step for any Fontana property owner with asphalt.
When winter storms hit Fontana after a long dry season, water runs fast off hardened soil and asphalt that has not been properly sloped to drain. Ponding near foundations and at low points in parking lots is a warning sign that the grade and drainage design need attention. We install French drains, drainage channels, and corrective grading to direct water away from structures and off paved surfaces.
Fontana is the second-largest city in San Bernardino County by population, and it grew primarily through large residential tract development from the late 1980s through the mid-2000s. That means a significant portion of the city's homes, driveways, and concrete flatwork are now between 20 and 40 years old - right at the age when pavement installed without a thick, well-compacted base begins to show its limits. Clay-bearing soils in parts of the Inland Empire expand during winter rains and shrink during the long dry season, and that annual cycle gradually shifts and cracks pavement from below. As the U.S. Geological Survey documents, expansive soils in this part of California are a major factor behind residential foundation and pavement movement, and any contractor working here needs to account for that in the base design.
The traffic environment in Fontana adds another layer of stress that sets it apart from quieter suburban areas. Interstate 10, Interstate 15, and State Route 210 converge near the city, and the heavy logistics and warehouse activity along the I-10 and I-15 corridors puts freight trucks on surface streets in ways that accelerate wear on driveways and commercial parking lots in adjacent neighborhoods. The same UV and heat exposure that hammers pavement in Rialto and Colton affects Fontana equally - summer highs above 100 degrees and very low humidity are the norm for months at a stretch, and unsealed asphalt in this climate loses its binder flexibility quickly. Property owners who address drainage, grade, and base conditions proactively get significantly more years out of their pavement than those who apply a surface fix to a structural problem.
Our crew works throughout Fontana regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect asphalt paving work here. Fontana covers roughly 42 square miles, and the character of the work changes significantly from one part of the city to another. The flatland tracts in central and southern Fontana near Foothill Boulevard and the I-10 corridor have older homes with driveways and parking areas showing decades of UV exposure and soil movement. The northern foothills communities near the base of the San Gabriel Mountains have newer, larger homes with more extensive hardscape, different access conditions, and often bigger project scopes. For projects that require permits, we work with the City of Fontana Building and Safety Division and are familiar with the city's grading and paving review process.
Sierra Avenue is the main north-south corridor we use to navigate through Fontana, connecting the I-10 industrial belt to the foothills neighborhoods to the north. Foothill Boulevard runs east-west and is lined with the commercial strips and retail centers that generate a steady volume of parking lot maintenance work. The Pacific Electric Trail, which runs through Fontana along the former rail right-of-way, is a community landmark that many of our Fontana customers reference when giving directions. We serve the communities that border Fontana as well, including San Bernardino to the east and Rialto to the east as well.
Call us or submit a request through our contact form and describe what you are dealing with - cracking, drainage issues, settling, or a full paving project. We respond within one business day and schedule a site visit at a time that works for your Fontana property.
We visit your Fontana property, inspect the existing pavement, assess soil and drainage conditions, and measure the project area. You receive a written quote with the full scope of work and price - no vague estimates that change once the job starts.
We schedule the project around your needs and arrive with the equipment and materials appropriate for the scope. Grading and excavation work requires machinery access to the site, and we confirm clearance requirements when booking. Most residential jobs do not require you to be home during work.
When the work is complete, we walk the project with you, explain any curing or maintenance steps relevant to your new surface, and clean up the site. If anything is not right, we address it before calling the job done.
We work throughout Fontana, CA - from the foothills communities to the commercial corridors near I-10. Free on-site estimates with no obligation.
(909) 488-7710Fontana is the second-largest city in San Bernardino County, covering roughly 42 square miles and home to more than 200,000 residents in the heart of the Inland Empire. As detailed on the Fontana Wikipedia page, the city grew dramatically from the late 1980s through the 2000s after the former Kaiser Steel mill site was redeveloped, filling large areas with single-family residential tracts that now represent the bulk of the housing stock. Those homes - typically stucco-sided, single or two-story, on modest lots with concrete driveways and block-wall fencing - are now 20 to 40 years old and showing the wear that comes with age in this climate. The Auto Club Speedway, one of the largest NASCAR racing facilities in the western United States, is one of Fontana's best-known landmarks, and the Pacific Electric Trail running through the city is a popular community amenity for cyclists and pedestrians.
The northern part of Fontana, near the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, has newer master-planned communities with larger homes and more extensive hardscape, while the central and southern sections blend residential neighborhoods with commercial strips and an expanding logistics corridor fed by the I-10, I-15, and SR-210 freeways. That freeway access has made Fontana a major warehousing hub for Southern California, which also means heavy freight traffic on surface streets and additional wear on pavement throughout the city. We serve Fontana alongside the neighboring communities, including Bloomington to the south and Colton to the southeast.
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