Barrie wraps around Kempenfelt Bay at the top of the commuter belt, from the historic Allandale and Lakeshore neighbourhoods to the newer Painswick, Ardagh, and Holly subdivisions on the hills above the water. Magnum paves the lakeside driveways and the commercial lots across the city.
The older Lakeshore and Allandale lots are mature, with driveways laid decades ago where the grade has shifted and drainage toward the bay has to be sorted first. The newer Painswick, Ardagh, and Holly subdivisions on the higher ground tend to have thin builder-grade asphalt cracking at the edges within a few years, usually due for a proper replacement to the right depth — and the slopes up from the lake mean the grade has to be right or water finds its own way down.
The commercial corridors along Bayfield, Dunlop, and the Barrie employment lands carry steady traffic, and those plaza and industrial lots cannot close. We phase large lots, run off-hours, and build the sub-base and slope a high-traffic site needs so it drains to the catch basins instead of ponding.
Barrie's harder northern freeze-thaw and the clay-and-sand base move asphalt around more than they do further south, so compaction and drainage do the real work. We get the grading right the first time — near Centennial Beach or a single Holly driveway alike — and we are straight about whether a section needs full replacement or a repair will hold.
Neighbourhoods we cover in Barrie include the Lakeshore, Allandale, Painswick, Ardagh, and Holly, along with the streets and properties around Kempenfelt Bay, the Barrie waterfront, and Centennial Beach.
Magnum Paving is an asphalt paving contractor serving Barrie and the Greater Toronto Area. The company runs its own in-house crews, carries $5,000,000 in liability insurance with full WSIB coverage, and holds a 5.0-star rating from 25 verified Google reviews.