A recent commercial project: Summit Title Services
Young's Excavating & Paving LLC completed parking lot repairs and resurfacing for Summit Title Services, in Bedford, New Hampshire, in May 2026.
Areas where the pavement had settled were cut out and rebuilt before the surrounding lot was prepared and resurfaced, so the repairs and the finished surface were completed as one scope of work.
Parking lot repair and asphalt overlay, Bedford NH. This clip has no sound.
What does the ADA require when a parking lot is resurfaced or restriped?
More than most property owners expect, and the trigger is lower than most people assume. The U.S. Department of Justice's guidance on restriping parking spaces is explicit that because restriping is inexpensive, bringing accessible spaces up to the 2010 ADA Standards is generally considered readily achievable when a lot is restriped.
The published requirements include:
- A minimum number of accessible spaces scaled to the lot. One for a lot of 1 to 25 spaces, two for 26 to 50, three for 51 to 75, and upward from there.
- At least one in every six accessible spaces must be van accessible.
- A car accessible space must be at least 96 inches wide with a 60 inch access aisle. A van accessible space is either 132 inches wide with a 60 inch aisle, or 96 inches wide with a 96 inch aisle.
- Accessible spaces and their access aisles must not slope more than 1:48 in any direction.
- Spaces must sit on the shortest accessible route to an accessible entrance.
Accessible parking spaces and striped access aisles
Why is accessible parking a grading problem and not a striping problem?
Because the two numbers pull against each other. An accessible space cannot slope more than 1:48, which is close to two percent. But the surface still needs roughly one to two percent of fall to drain at all.
That leaves a narrow window. Enough pitch to move water, not so much that the space fails the standard. A striping contractor cannot deliver that window with paint, and a paving contractor cannot deliver it if somebody else set the grade underneath. It has to be built that way from below.
To be clear about the boundary: the compliance obligation belongs to the property owner, and the design belongs to their architect or engineer. What Young's brings is the ability to build the grade to the numbers the design calls for, because the same company handles the excavation and the surface.
Commercial paving and site work
Every commercial property is a different combination of pavement condition, traffic, drainage and access. Some lots need repairs in isolated areas. Others are suited to resurfacing, and failed areas can need excavation and base work before new asphalt goes down.
Young's commercial work includes:
New asphalt for commercial parking areas, entrances and drive lanes, including preparation of the base and grade beneath the finished surface.
Resurfacing for suitable existing pavement, including preparation and transitions where new asphalt meets existing grades.
Excavation, grading and base preparation for paving projects, property improvements and new construction.
Saw-cut removal and rebuilding of failed areas when the problem runs below the visible surface.
Grading and drainage work within the project scope, to move water away from paved areas and vulnerable edges.
Sealcoating and pavement maintenance for commercial asphalt that is in suitable condition.
Commercial paving work across New Hampshire
Serving six New Hampshire counties
Young's Excavating & Paving LLC is based at 37 Washington Street in Penacook and serves commercial properties across Merrimack, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Strafford, Cheshire and Belknap counties.
Request a commercial paving quote
To discuss a parking lot, commercial property or site work project, call Young's Excavating & Paving LLC at (603) 231-1598 or request a free quote online.
Photographs, an approximate square footage and a short description of any drainage, access or recurring pavement problems help the team understand the property before scheduling a site visit.