West Long Branch is a residential Monmouth County borough just inland from the ocean, best known as home to Monmouth University and its landmark Wilson Hall. Tree-lined streets, comfortable lots and a mix of older and newer homes make up most of the town. Dan The Paver replaces and installs asphalt driveways throughout West Long Branch and repaves asphalt parking lots for the offices, plazas, churches and multi-family properties in the area.
Family homes on generous lots
Compared to its busy neighbor Long Branch, West Long Branch feels more suburban. Many homes are colonials, ranches, split-levels and capes on mid-sized and larger lots, often with attached two-car garages and straight or slightly curved driveways. Some older properties have long, narrow drives to a rear garage, and the streets near the university include rentals where parking space is in demand.
Most calls we get here are for full replacement of a driveway that has cracked, sunk or been repaired too many times. Our asphalt driveway paving process covers removal, base work and new asphalt. Owners who need room for more cars often ask about driveway widening, which we can build in the same visit.
What the ground is like
The soil is a sandy loam that drains reasonably well, with wetter areas near Whale Pond Brook and lower spots where streets collect runoff. Clay lenses show up in places and can soften after long rains. We excavate below the old surface, remove anything soft or organic, then place and compact an aggregate base in lifts.
Thickness depends on use. A typical home driveway gets a standard residential section, while properties with work vans, trailers or rental parking may need more base and asphalt. Grade is set to carry water to the street, and aprons are built strong because that is where most driveways fail first.
Commercial parking along Route 36 and Route 71
Route 36 and Route 71 bring shopping centers, offices, medical buildings and restaurants into and around West Long Branch, and there are churches and apartment complexes throughout. We provide parking lot paving for these properties, including milling of worn surfaces before new asphalt is placed so grades and curb reveals stay correct.
A quick permit check
Before widening a driveway, adding a curb cut or creating new parking, call the West Long Branch construction and zoning office about apron details and impervious coverage. It is a short step that prevents problems later.
We also pave in neighboring Long Branch and Eatontown. For more towns, see our Monmouth County paving page.
West Long Branch paving questions
I rent to students near Monmouth University in West Long Branch. Can you add parking space to my driveway?
Often we can widen or extend an existing drive to fit more cars, but how much you can add depends on the borough's rules for impervious coverage, front-yard parking and curb cuts. Check with the West Long Branch zoning office first. Once the plan is approved, we build the added area on a proper base and pave it together with the original so it reads as one surface.
What causes the cracking at the end of my West Long Branch driveway where it meets the street?
The apron takes the most abuse: street plows, garbage trucks, cars turning in at an angle, and water running along the curb line. On many older West Long Branch driveways the base was thinnest at that edge. We rebuild that section with a thicker, well-compacted base and tie it into the rest of the driveway so the joint does not open up again.
