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Serving Foster City, CA and surrounding areas. (650) 582-0216
Foster City Asphalt Paving provides asphalt sealcoating, driveway paving, crack sealing, and pothole repair to Redwood Shores homeowners and commercial property owners. This community sits on filled bay mud - soft ground that shifts and settles in ways you just do not see in typical inland neighborhoods - and we know what that means for driveways and parking lots here. Foster City Asphalt Paving has been serving Peninsula communities for years and understands the waterfront conditions that make proper paving care essential in Redwood Shores.
Salt air from San Francisco Bay and strong afternoon winds accelerate asphalt oxidation in Redwood Shores faster than in most Peninsula neighborhoods. Our asphalt sealcoating service seals the asphalt binder against salt, UV, and moisture - the three forces working on every driveway and parking lot here year-round - and is the most effective way to slow the deterioration that the bay environment drives.
Most homes in Redwood Shores were built between the mid-1970s and the late 1990s, putting a large share of driveways at or past the age when the surface needs more than maintenance. When the bay mud fill beneath an older driveway has settled unevenly over the decades, replacement is the right call - and we account for the soft ground conditions during base preparation so the new driveway does not repeat the same pattern quickly.
In Redwood Shores, a crack in the driveway is an opening for bay-area rainfall to reach the soft fill soil underneath - and once water saturates compressible bay mud, the ground shifts and the crack grows. Sealing cracks before the wet season is especially important here because the low-elevation fill soil has nowhere to route excess water quickly. Fall crack sealing interrupts the cycle before winter rains can deepen the damage.
A pothole in Redwood Shores is almost always evidence that the bay mud fill beneath it has shifted or voided - a common outcome when water repeatedly saturates the soft subgrade. Filling the surface without addressing the base will return the same pothole within a season. We stabilize the base material when we repair Redwood Shores potholes so the fix actually holds.
The commercial campuses near Redwood Shores Parkway and along the bay have parking lots that need regular attention to hold up in the marine environment. Sealcoating, crack sealing, and re-striping on a consistent schedule protects the lot surface from salt air and bay wind, extends the time between major resurfacing projects, and keeps parking areas safe and legible for employees and visitors.
Redwood Shores sits at or near bay level, and the community's lagoon and levees manage the stormwater that the low elevation cannot drain by gravity alone. When water pools on a driveway or around the base of a slab after rain, it saturates the already-soft fill soil and accelerates settlement. We address drainage problems as part of paving projects here - fixing how water flows off the surface is part of making a Redwood Shores driveway last.
No other community in the area presents the same pavement challenges as Redwood Shores - because no other community in the area was built the same way. Starting in the 1960s, land was reclaimed from bay marshes and former salt ponds by filling them with soft bay mud. The entire Redwood Shores peninsula rests on that fill, which is compressible and continues to settle unevenly over time. This is not a soil problem that gets better with age. Every winter, when the Bay Area rainy season saturates the ground, the fill compresses differently in different spots. Every dry summer, when the fill dries out, it contracts. The result is a surface beneath every driveway and parking lot that is in slow, ongoing motion - and asphalt on top of it is working against that movement from the day it is laid. Contractors who treat Redwood Shores like any other suburban job, without accounting for the fill conditions, end up with callbacks when cracks and settlement appear within a couple of years of a job that looked fine on day one.
The bay environment compounds the problem at the surface level. Salt air carried on the afternoon winds off San Francisco Bay degrades asphalt binder faster than in inland neighborhoods - the same UV exposure that oxidizes asphalt elsewhere gets amplified by the marine moisture and salt that comes off the water. Lagoon-adjacent properties face this exposure from multiple directions. The U.S. Geological Survey notes that bay mud fill amplifies ground shaking during earthquakes - and with the San Andreas and Hayward faults nearby, even a moderate seismic event can crack driveways in Redwood Shores more severely than the same event would affect a property on solid ground just a few miles away. Regular sealcoating and timely crack repair are not optional extras in this environment - they are the basic maintenance that keeps pavement functional here.
Our crew works throughout Redwood Shores regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect asphalt paving work here. Redwood Shores Parkway is the main road through the community, connecting the residential sections to Highway 101 and the corporate campuses - knowing the access patterns on that road and the feeder streets matters when scheduling a paving job, since the peninsula layout means there are limited routes in and out. Permit applications for work affecting public right-of-way in Redwood Shores go through the City of Redwood City, which is the municipality that Redwood Shores sits within. Many residential developments here also have HOA rules about exterior work, and we are familiar with the documentation those associations typically require before approving a project.
The mix of residential and commercial properties in Redwood Shores means the work we do here ranges from single-family driveways near the lagoon to parking lot maintenance for office campuses near the Electronic Arts headquarters. Lagoon-adjacent homes have additional exposure concerns - moisture from two sides, tidal influence on the fill soil, and the need for drainage solutions that account for the low elevation. We also serve nearby Belmont and Foster City, our home base just across the bay from Redwood Shores, so we are familiar with the whole waterfront stretch of the Peninsula.
Call us at (650) 582-0216 or fill out the contact form and we will respond within 1 business day to schedule a site visit. Let us know whether you need sealcoating, driveway repair or replacement, or parking lot work - any information about the current condition helps us plan the visit.
We visit the property and assess the surface condition, check for signs of base settlement from the fill soil, and note any drainage or HOA considerations specific to your Redwood Shores location. The written estimate covers all work and materials - no hidden costs after the job is done.
Before we start we confirm the schedule, how vehicle access to the property will be managed during the job, and whether any HOA notification is required from your end. Access planning matters in Redwood Shores because the peninsula layout limits how and where trucks can stage - we account for that upfront.
When the job is finished we walk the site with you and answer any questions. We provide curing time guidance - typically 24 to 48 hours before vehicle traffic on new or resurfaced asphalt - and give you specific recommendations for how often sealcoating and crack sealing should be scheduled given your property's exposure to the bay environment.
We serve all of Redwood Shores - from lagoon-side homes to properties along Redwood Shores Parkway and the commercial campuses. No obligation, no pressure - just an honest assessment of your driveway or lot and a written quote.
(650) 582-0216Redwood Shores is a master-planned community in Redwood City, California, built on land reclaimed from San Francisco Bay marshes and former salt-evaporation ponds beginning in the 1960s. It sits on a peninsula on the western shore of the bay in San Mateo County, roughly midway between San Francisco and San Jose. The community was developed in phases from the 1970s through the 1990s, and the housing stock reflects that era - a mix of single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, and apartments alongside corporate office campuses. A central lagoon winds through the neighborhood and serves as both a recreational waterway and a stormwater retention system for the low-lying peninsula. More background on the area is available at the Wikipedia article on Redwood Shores, California.
Redwood Shores is perhaps best known outside the Peninsula for being home to the Electronic Arts campus and, for many years, the Oracle Corporation headquarters. Redwood Shores Parkway is the main internal road, connecting the community to Highway 101 and to the rest of Redwood City. Because the peninsula is bounded by sloughs and bay water on most sides, road access is limited to specific routes - a practical consideration for any contractor working in the area. We serve Redwood Shores alongside the neighboring cities we work in regularly, including San Carlos and Foster City, both close neighbors on the Peninsula.
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