Concrete driveways in Port St. Lucie, from the garage to the street
New driveways, third-car widening, boat-side extensions and full replacements — including the part everyone forgets: the apron across the swale, the culvert under it, and the right-of-way permit the city requires for both.
A Port St. Lucie driveway is really two jobs. The slab on your lot is the easy half: compact the sand, set the steel, pour four inches with a thickened edge and cut the joints before the sun does. The hard half is the last fifteen feet, where the driveway crosses the swale and meets the street. That strip is city right-of-way, it carries your neighbors' stormwater, and it's where most of the cracked, tilted, half-collapsed driveways in the older GDC sections have failed — because somebody poured over the swale without a pipe, or set a pipe too small, or let the sand wash out from under the apron.
We do both halves properly. On the lot: base compacted in lifts, fiber-reinforced mix with steel on chairs, quarter-inch-per-foot fall toward the street, expansion joint at the garage and the sidewalk, control joints on a tight grid. At the street: the culvert sized to the swale (usually 12 to 18 inches, mitered ends), bedded and backfilled, the swale re-graded to the city's profile, the apron poured thicker, and both the building permit and the Public Works right-of-way permit pulled under our license before the first truck arrives.
What's included
Site measure & site plan
Widths, turnouts, boat-side pads and the apron drawn on a site plan for the city and your HOA.
Permits
City of Port St. Lucie building permit and right-of-way permit (or St. Lucie County for unincorporated addresses), inspections met.
Swale & culvert
Culvert pipe sized to the swale, set with mitered ends, backfilled and the swale re-graded; swale liner coordinated when the city requires it.
Tear-out & haul-off
Old concrete broken out and hauled, itemized separately so you can compare bids.
Base & reinforcement
Compacted sand base, fiber mix, steel on chairs with full cover — protected from salt air.
Finish & cleanup
Broom (standard), exposed aggregate, stamped or colored. Forms pulled, edges backfilled with sod, street swept.
Concrete driveway cost in Port St. Lucie, FL
| Job | Typical price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| New 2-car driveway, 4" broom finish (approx. 500–600 sq ft) | $4,500 – $7,500 | On-lot slab |
| Apron across the swale with culvert pipe | $900 – $2,500 | 12–18" pipe, ROW permit |
| Replacement (tear-out + new), 2-car | $6,000 – $10,000 | Tear-out $2–$4/sq ft |
| Widening or boat-side extension (150–300 sq ft) | $1,600 – $3,600 | Common in Torino & Sandpiper |
| Exposed aggregate or stamped upgrade | +$5 – $10 / sq ft | Pattern, color, sealer |
| City building + right-of-way permits | Included in the quote | Site plan prepared by us |
These are 2026 Treasure Coast ranges so you can budget. Your written price is itemized — tear-out, base, steel, concrete, finish, permits, culvert if any — and good for 30 days.
The swale is not yours to fill
The grass ditch between the road and your lawn is the city's stormwater system, and Port St. Lucie's code puts its upkeep on the adjacent owner. You can't fill it, plant it, park on it or pave it without a pipe. When a driveway blocks it, water backs up into the neighbors' yards in the first big storm, code compliance sends a letter, and the apron gets cut out at the owner's expense. It happens every year. A properly sized culvert, a swale liner where the city calls for it, and an apron poured to the right profile cost a little more up front and never come back to bite you.
Recent work
Questions we get about driveways & aprons
How much is a concrete driveway in Port St. Lucie?
Most fall between $8 and $12 per square foot for a broom-finished slab with reinforcement, so $4,500 to $7,500 for a two-car driveway plus $900 to $2,500 for the apron and culvert if yours crosses a swale that carries water. Stamped and exposed-aggregate finishes add $5 to $10 per square foot. Every line is itemized in writing.
Do I need a permit to widen my driveway in Port St. Lucie?
Yes. A new or widened driveway is permitted work in the city, and any work in the swale or at the street needs a separate right-of-way permit from Public Works. We prepare the site plan and pull both under our contractor license. In unincorporated St. Lucie County — PGA Village, parts of the north end — the county issues its own driveway permit.
Do I need a culvert under my driveway?
If the swale in front of your lot carries water past it — most do in the GDC sections — yes. The pipe keeps the street draining when you cover the swale with concrete. Some corner and high lots don't need one; we check the swale profile and the neighbors' before we quote.
Why did my old driveway sink at the street?
Sand washed out from under the apron — usually because there was no culvert, the culvert was crushed, or the swale was overflowing into the base every summer. Lifting it with foam fixes the symptom; fixing the drainage stops it coming back.
How thick should the driveway be?
Four inches with reinforcement is right for cars on our sand; we thicken the edges and pour the apron at five or six inches because that's where the load and the water both hit. Boat and RV pads get five to six inches throughout.
When can I drive on it?
Park a car after seven days, keep the boat trailer and delivery trucks off for 28. In summer we'll keep it wet the first few days so it cures slowly instead of baking.