Private roads, subdivision roads, access roads, and industrial road construction. Full earthwork from subgrade to finished surface. Serving Clyde and all of Wayne County.
Backwell provides professional road construction services in Clyde, Wayne County, and the surrounding area. Backwell builds roads that last. From private driveways and farm roads to subdivision streets and industrial access roads, we handle the complete earthwork scope, clearing, grubbing, subgrade preparation, base material installation, drainage, and final grading. We self-haul all aggregate and base materials with our own trucks, keeping your project on schedule and on budget.
Based in Constantia, NY, we are local to Wayne County and know the area, the soil conditions, the regulations, and the contractors. When you hire Backwell for your road construction project in Clyde, you get a crew that shows up on time with the right equipment and gets the job done. Contact us today for a free estimate.
Clyde lies in the Clyde River valley in southeastern Wayne County, inside the western Finger Lakes drumlin field. Drumlin uplands surrounding the village carry Honeoye silt loam and Lima silt loam over calcareous till, while the Clyde River floodplain and adjacent Erie Canal lands run through Canandaigua silty clay loam, Lyons silt loam, and organic muck deposits from relict swamp conditions.
The Erie Canal and the Clyde River parallel each other through town, and both strongly influence grading, utility, and stormwater design on any nearby commercial parcel. Site work here often involves managing very flat drainage gradients, dewatering on slab and foundation excavations in the muck and clay loam flats, and imported structural fill where native soils cannot carry commercial loading. The surrounding drumlin crests can produce cobbly, stony subgrades that slow trenching. Projects near the canal fall under NYS Canal Corp permitting in addition to Wayne County stormwater requirements. Frost depth is moderate, reflecting the lake-moderated Wayne County microclimate.