West Anaheim's Most Trusted Asphalt Contractor

Last week, I watched a homeowner on Lincoln Avenue try to patch their crumbling driveway with hardware store asphalt mix for the third time this year – and I couldn’t help but think about how many people end up spending more money trying to fix problems themselves than if they’d just called a professional from the start.

When I first started working with asphalt back in the early ’90s here in West Anaheim, the neighborhood looked a lot different than it does today. Back then, most of the driveways around Brookhurst Street and Lincoln Avenue were still the original concrete from the ’70s, cracking and settling with age. I remember one particular morning, driving down West Street toward the old Brookhurst Plaza, when I realized this community needed someone who really understood both the soil conditions we deal with here and the specific challenges that come with Orange County’s climate.

That’s when my family decided to plant roots right here in West Anaheim and startBay Cities Paving. For the past 30 years, we’ve been the local asphalt contractor that residents and business owners turn to when they want the job done right the first time. We’re not some big corporate operation that swoops in from out of town – we live here, our kids went to school at Brookhurst Elementary and Dale Junior High, and we understand what it means to be part of this community.

What sets us apart from other asphalt contractors in the area isn’t just our experience, though three decades of working with West Anaheim’s unique soil composition has taught us a thing or two. It’s our approach to every project, whether we’re paving a small residential driveway on Cerritos Avenue or handling a major commercial parking lot for one of the businesses near the Anaheim Plaza. We treat every customer like they’re our neighbor – because chances are, they actually are.

The thing about asphalt work in West Anaheim is that you can’t just apply the same techniques you’d use in other parts of Orange County. The clay content in our soil here requires specific preparation methods, and our proximity to both the 91 and 5 freeways means we deal with more vibration stress than other areas. Over the years, I’ve seen too many contractors come through here who didn’t understand these local conditions, leaving customers with driveways that crack or settle within a year or two.

Being a family-owned business means we can offer something the big companies can’t: genuine accountability. When you call Bay Cities Paving, you’re not getting shuffled through a call center or dealing with a different project manager every week. You’re working directly with people who have been part of this community for decades, and who will still be here long after your project is complete.