San Tan Valley Asphalt Paving is an asphalt paving contractor serving Tempe, AZ with parking lot maintenance, driveway paving, sealcoating, and crack sealing. We have served the greater Phoenix area since 2015 and respond to estimates within one business day.
Tempe has a high concentration of commercial properties, apartment complexes, and university-adjacent businesses whose parking lots take heavy daily use. Parking lot maintenance - sealcoating, crack filling, and re-striping - keeps lots safe and looking professional.
Tempe's 110-plus-degree summers bake the binder oils out of asphalt surfaces faster than nearly anywhere else. A fresh sealcoat every two to three years protects driveways and lots from oxidation and extends their lifespan significantly.
Many Tempe homes, especially those built in the 1950s and 1960s near campus, have driveways that are long overdue for replacement. A properly graded new asphalt driveway handles Tempe's heat cycles without shifting or cracking.
Tempe's monsoon season drives water into surface cracks and erodes the base material from below. Sealing cracks promptly after they form is the most cost-effective way to prevent minor surface damage from becoming a full replacement.
High-traffic areas near ASU, along Apache Boulevard, and throughout south Tempe commercial corridors develop potholes faster under constant vehicle loads. Fast pothole repair prevents vehicle damage claims and keeps properties safe and accessible.
Tempe businesses, apartment properties, and commercial landlords must maintain clear lot striping to meet city code and ADA requirements. Fresh striping after sealcoating gives a lot a clean, professional appearance and keeps traffic moving safely.
Tempe sits in the low Sonoran Desert and regularly sees summer highs above 110 degrees F. That level of heat and constant UV exposure - over 300 sunny days per year - breaks down the binder oils in asphalt faster than in most American cities. Older asphalt turns gray and brittle, develops surface cracking, and eventually crumbles at the edges. Homes near Arizona State University were often built in the 1950s and 1960s, meaning driveways in those neighborhoods may be overdue for attention after decades of desert sun and monsoon cycles.
Tempe also sits on soils that commonly contain caliche, the hard calcium-rich layer found just below the surface across much of the Phoenix metro. Caliche does not drain well, which means water from monsoon storms that gets under a cracked asphalt surface has nowhere to go. It pools, softens the base, and causes the surface to shift and fail. Contractors unfamiliar with this soil behavior often miss the prep work that prevents early failure. Knowing what is under the surface matters as much as what goes on top.
Our crew works throughout Tempe regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect asphalt paving work here. The range of property types in Tempe is wider than most cities its size. Central Tempe near Arizona State University has dense blocks of older single-family homes, duplexes, and apartment complexes that were built between the 1950s and 1970s - many with original asphalt driveways that have never been replaced. South Tempe, roughly south of US-60, is made up of newer subdivisions built in the 1980s and 1990s with larger lots and two-car garages. These two ends of the city have genuinely different maintenance needs.
We are familiar with the key routes through the city - the Interstate 10 corridor along the south, Loop 101 along the east, and State Route 143 connecting downtown to Sky Harbor Airport. Tempe Town Lake and the Salt River corridor along the north edge define how the city drains, and properties in low-lying areas near those washes need drainage considerations built into any asphalt project. The Mill Avenue commercial district and Apache Boulevard corridor also keep our crew busy with commercial lot work year-round.
For neighboring areas, we also serve Scottsdale to the north and Mesa to the east. According to the City of Tempe, permit requirements for new impervious surface depend on the scope of work and location within the city's drainage management areas.
Contact us by phone or through the estimate form and we will respond within one business day. You do not need to be home for us to assess the site - we can review driveways and lots with an address and a few photos in many cases.
We visit the property at no charge, measure the area, assess the base condition, and review drainage. This is where we give you a firm written estimate rather than a rough phone number, so there are no surprises when work begins.
Once you approve the estimate, we schedule the project and handle any permit requirements. We work around your schedule - early mornings and weekends are available for commercial properties that cannot close their lots during business hours.
When the job is done, we walk through the finished work with you before we leave. For sealcoating jobs, the surface is ready for light traffic within 24 hours. For new paving, full curing takes two to three days in Tempe's summer heat.
We serve all of Tempe, AZ - from the neighborhoods near ASU to the subdivisions in south Tempe. No obligation. Response within one business day.
(480) 791-2959Tempe is a mid-size city of roughly 180,000 to 200,000 people in Maricopa County, sitting between Phoenix to the west and Mesa to the east. Arizona State University's main campus anchors the center of the city and is one of the largest university campuses in the country by enrollment. The university shapes Tempe's housing stock significantly - the neighborhoods within a mile or two of campus are dense with older ranch-style homes from the 1950s and 1960s, apartments, and duplexes. Tempe Town Lake, a man-made lake on the Salt River in the middle of the city, and the surrounding parks define the northern edge of the urban core. The Mill Avenue district through downtown is Tempe's main commercial and entertainment corridor.
Farther south, past US-60, Tempe transitions into quieter residential neighborhoods with larger lots and homes built mostly from the 1980s onward. These south Tempe subdivisions have a different character than the denser neighborhoods near campus - more stucco-and-tile construction, larger driveways, and more desert landscaping. The city is compact at about 40 square miles, which means a contractor who knows Tempe can reach any part of it quickly. We also serve nearby Scottsdale to the north, where the property mix shifts to higher-value homes with paver driveways and resort-adjacent commercial lots. More about Tempe on Wikipedia.
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