Concrete in Shawnee, where a driveway permit is a real permit
Shawnee requires a ROW Driveway Permit for any driveway repair or replacement in the right-of-way, by a resident or a contractor, and a bonded, insured contractor to do it. We are, and we do.
Shawnee stretches from the old town around Johnson Drive and Nieman, through the 1970s and 80s streets west of I-35, out to the subdivisions along Shawnee Mission Parkway, Monticello Road and K-7 that were built in the 1990s and 2000s. The concrete in the older part is at the end of its life; the concrete in the newer part is failing the same way Olathe's is: scaled at the garage, settled at the apron, heaved where the clay stays wet.
Shawnee is the strictest city in the county about the right-of-way. Its ROW Driveway Permit is required for driveway repairs or replacements in the right-of-way whether a resident or a contractor does the work. A general or driveway contractor working there carries a $5,000 annual performance and maintenance bond and a certificate of insurance with $2 million in general aggregate, $1 million auto and $500,000 workers' compensation, with the City named as certificate holder; needs a yearly Shawnee business license; allows 48 hours for permit processing; gives 24 hours' notice for every inspection, and finishes all restoration before the final one. Kansas 811 and WaterOne are called before any excavation. We meet all of it, and the permit goes on its own line of the estimate.
What we do in Shawnee
Approach and driveway replacement
Shawnee ROW Driveway Permit, bond and insurance on file with the City, inspections scheduled 24 hours ahead.
Driveways on the lot
Old Shawnee's patched drives and the western subdivisions' production driveways, broken out and repoured on a compacted base.
Patios and decorative concrete
Broom, bordered, stamped and exposed-aggregate patios, sloped away from the house and sealed.
Mudjacking and polyjacking
Sunken aprons, walks and stoops lifted with foam.
Steps and stoops
Rebuilt on frost footings with even risers and handrail sleeves.
Repair and sealing
Crack and joint sealing, resurfacing, and a penetrating sealer before winter.
Neighborhoods and roads we cover
- Downtown Shawnee & Johnson Drive
- Nieman Road & Old Shawnee
- Shawnee Mission Parkway corridor
- Quivira & 67th
- Pflumm & 71st
- Monticello & Monticello Road
- Clear Creek & Woodland
- Shawnee Crossings
- K-7 & Johnson Drive (west Shawnee)
- Mill Creek & Mize
- Riverview
Concrete services in Shawnee
- Driveways, driveway replacement, approaches and sidewalks
- Patios, stamped and decorative concrete, steps, stoops and walkways, garage, shop and RV slabs
- Mudjacking and polyjacking, repair and resurfacing, sealing
- Removal, commercial concrete
Questions from Shawnee homeowners
Can I replace my own driveway approach in Shawnee?
The City requires its ROW Driveway Permit for any driveway repair or replacement in the right-of-way, resident or contractor, and inspections on the work. In practice it is a bonded contractor's job, and we hold the bond and insurance the City asks for.
What does the permit cost?
Shawnee sets the fee in its user fee schedule and invoices it electronically; we pay it, pass it through at cost and show it on its own line.
How long does it take?
Allow 48 hours for the City to process the permit, then 24 hours' notice for each inspection. We schedule the pour after the permit is issued.
Do you handle the 811 call?
Yes. Kansas 811 and WaterOne are notified before we dig anywhere in Shawnee.
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