Concrete Contractors in Lower Paxton Township, PA

Lower Paxton Township is where a lot of Harrisburg-area families live, so it is also where many concrete contractors in the region do most of their driveway work. The township counted 53,514 people in 2020, the most of any municipality in Dauphin County and the 17th most in Pennsylvania. It spreads over 28.1 square miles, all land, about 9.4 miles northeast of downtown Harrisburg. Most of it is detached homes on suburban lots, which means two-car driveways, backyard patios, front walks and garage floors on house after house.

Three communities inside one township

The Census Bureau splits the township into named places, and each has its own feel.

• Colonial Park fills the west and southwest, along Interstate 83 and the Jonestown Road shopping corridor.
• Paxtonia sits in the middle of the township, around Interstate 81.
• Linglestown is in the northeast, the oldest village in the township, below the slope of Blue Mountain.

You will hear people give their address as any of these, but permits and local rules come from Lower Paxton Township itself. We confirm the municipality on every estimate, because some addresses with a Harrisburg mailing address are not in the city at all.

Homes from the long growth run

By the 2000 census the township already had 44,424 people and 19,606 housing units, and it has added about nine thousand residents since. That growth came in waves of subdivisions, so a single street can have driveways poured in different decades. The older ones tend to show the same problems: a cracked apron where it meets the street, a low panel by the garage door and surface scaling where salt sat all winter. Patios from those years often tilt back toward the house once the fill under them settles. Our first job on a visit is sorting out which panels can stay and which need to come out with the base underneath.

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Hills on the north side, creeks on the east

The township's northern border follows or runs close to the crest of Blue Mountain, so lots in the north end can be steep. Steep lots change the plan. A driveway that climbs to the garage needs a broom finish with good grip, control joints at closer spacing and a way for runoff to leave the slab before it reaches the garage. Beaver Creek, a tributary of Swatara Creek, forms the eastern border, and properties near it can have soft or wet ground that needs extra base work before a pour.

Planning a project here

• Driveways: tear-out and replacement, widening for a third car, and new aprons
• Patios: plain or stamped slabs, and patio extensions off an existing pad
• Walks and steps: front walks, side paths and stoops at split-level entries
• Slabs: shed pads, garage floors and pads for generators or hot tubs
• Repair: sunken sections, trip edges and scaled surfaces

Many neighborhoods also have homeowners associations with rules on stamped colors or driveway width. Send us the guidelines and we will design within them.

Getting the township part right

Work that touches the street edge, the curb or a public walk can need township review, and grading near a stream can bring its own questions. We check with Lower Paxton Township before we schedule, include any permit step in the written estimate, and line the work up with your HOA if you have one. Call (717) 616-2142 to book a visit anywhere in the township.