Asphalt Paving in Severance, CO

Asphalt paving in Severance is mostly about protecting young driveways. The town had 106 people in 1990, 597 in 2000, 3,165 in 2010 and 7,683 in 2020, an increase of about 142.7 percent in that last decade, and the 2025 estimate is 11,841. Nearly half of households, 49.4 percent, include children under 18, which also means bikes, basketball hoops and chalk on a lot of driveways.

A name by accident

Severance was founded in 1906 and incorporated on November 20, 1920. The town first applied for the post office name Tailholt, but the name was mistakenly changed to Severance, for pioneer settler David Severance, in 1894. In the early 1900s, a local campaign encouraged farmers to grow sugar beets, which fed the Great Western Sugar factory built in neighboring Windsor.

Old rail line, new trail

The Great Western Bike and Pedestrian Trail runs through the center of town on the former Great Western Railway route toward Windsor and Eaton. It is a reminder that this was farm and rail country until recently. Many lots were farm fields twenty years ago, and soils that were plowed and irrigated for decades can settle unevenly under new pavement.

New-driveway maintenance

• Seal cracks the season they appear, before winter
• Sealcoat once the surface fades, starting 3 to 6 months after paving
• Keep sprinklers off the driveway edges
• Watch for settling at the garage and along edges
• Avoid parking heavy trailers on the edges in hot weather

These steps cost far less than a resurfacing job ten years early.

Costs

HomeGuide lists sealing at about $1 to $2 per square foot, crack filling at $0.50 to $3 per linear foot and small crack or pothole repairs at $100 to $400. For a young Severance driveway, a regular sealing cycle costs a small fraction of a replacement.

Kids, bikes and hoops

Portable basketball hoops with water or sand bases, bike kickstands and heavy toys can dent asphalt on hot days, especially when the surface is new. Plywood under hoop bases and keeping heavy items off the edges in July and August prevents most marks.

Rural edges

Some Severance homes sit on larger lots near county roads with long drives. Those are good candidates for compacted recycled asphalt on the long stretch and hot-mix near the house.

Weld County, home rule town

Severance is a home rule municipality in Weld County at 4,876 feet. For rural properties outside town that connect to a county road, Weld County access permits go through the county E-Permit Center. Call (970) 717-1592 or

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