Driveway Replacement in Lake Highlands

Alley driveways in Lake Highlands

Dallas planners favored alley-entry garages for decades, and Lake Highlands shows it. An alley driveway is short, but it has its own problems:

• The alley paving and your apron settle at different rates, leaving a ledge
• Water running down the alley can cut under the edge of the apron
• Trash trucks and service vehicles crack the corners where they turn
• The turn into the garage is tight, so tires roll off the edges

We pour the new apron to meet the alley without a lip and widen the corners where cars keep cutting them. The city has also been studying whether to move trash pickup off the narrowest alleys and onto the street. If that happens on your block, it changes nothing about how we build the apron.

Permits and the ground here

Lake Highlands is inside the City of Dallas, so an approach on a front-entry lot needs a Dallas paving permit with a site plan. We file it. The ground is mostly the dark Blackland clay that covers so much of the city, and lots near White Rock Creek and the lake can stay wet longer after a storm. When the old slab comes out we check for soft spots and rebuild the base where we find them. Our Dallas clay guide covers why.

Questions about driveway work in Lake Highlands

Who fixes the alley behind my Lake Highlands house?

The alley itself belongs to the city. Your garage apron is yours. We replace the apron and match it to the alley edge as it sits.

Do I need a permit for an alley driveway in Dallas?

Work on city property, like an approach or public sidewalk, needs a paving permit. We check what your job touches and pull what the city asks for.