Paving Costs

[riptides]

Man, I have taken an oath *never* to lay a paver again.

I "small" area, 4X12 turmed into a project of over 3000 pavers in the middle of summer one year.

Nope. Not me, either.

-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[keeney]

Here in MN, I paid just over $5 per sq-foot (about 2500 sq-ft) for concrete, 6-in thick, 6-1/2-bag mix with custom color and fiber, including 1/2" rebar on 18" x18" centers. Did not include rough grading, or base aggregate placement, but did include final tweaking and compaction for thickness.

My memory is that asphalt estimates (I didn't get any actual bids) were about half that price, or $2 to $3 per sq-foot.

- Rick

 

[ArkCivEngr]

Our local driveway paving operation usually will pave a driveway for about $50 per ton.

A 2" thick mat translates into 220 lb/sq yd. So let's assume your driveway is 500 ft. long and 10 ft. wide:

(500')(10')(1 sq yd/9 sq ft)(220 lb/sq yd)(1 ton/2000 lb) = 61.11 ton

(61.11 ton)($50/ton) = $3,055.50

However, I think DMF has the right idea. Your local asphalt plant will probably have "millings" on hand. This is just ground up asphalt from reclamation jobs, or from state work that didn't pass specs due to overly cranky field engineers. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif It's about $7/ton around here, and once it's down and compacted it's almost like real asphalt.