Where your driveway meets the road.
The approach is the stretch between your driveway and the street, and it takes the most abuse: every car that turns in, the plow pushing snow across it, and the salt that comes off the road. When it heaves or breaks up, the fix is the same as for any slab: dig out the bad base, compact new gravel, reinforce, and pour at the right grade so it meets the road and the driveway without a lip.
Approaches usually sit in the road right of way, so in Michigan they need a permit from whoever owns the road. That is the county road commission on a county road, the city or village on its own streets, and MDOT on a state highway. We can help you figure out which one applies to your driveway before anything gets broken out.
Sidewalks follow the same rules of base, joints and grade. Many cities in Michigan make the homeowner responsible for the walk in front of the house and will send a notice when a slab is heaved or broken. If you got one of those letters, send us a photo and the measurements and we will tell you what it takes. Sidewalks were the first thing on our business card for a reason.
Sidewalk and approach work
- Driveway approaches from the drive to the road
- Replacing heaved or broken sidewalk squares
- New walks along the street or up to the house
- Grade matched to the road and the driveway, no lip
- Control joints spaced to keep cracks in line
- Help finding which road agency issues your permit
