8 months after LXRP declared “Parkdale’s transformation is complete! All works are now complete, marking the end of the Parkdale project”… they’re finally finishing the unfinished bit.
Well, it’s been filled with topsoil. Whether it gets planted is yet to be seen.
#ParkdaleLXR
Well, it’s been filled with topsoil. Whether it gets planted is yet to be seen.
#ParkdaleLXR
February 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM
8 months after LXRP declared “Parkdale’s transformation is complete! All works are now complete, marking the end of the Parkdale project”… they’re finally finishing the unfinished bit.
Well, it’s been filled with topsoil. Whether it gets planted is yet to be seen.
#ParkdaleLXR
Well, it’s been filled with topsoil. Whether it gets planted is yet to be seen.
#ParkdaleLXR
Maintenance staff attended #ParkdaleStation yesterday to implement a fix for the stairs that don’t drain. The fix? Drainage holes drilled through the bottom of the riser.
Laughable. Those holes will be blocked by dirt and mouldy growth within months. #ParkdaleLXR
Laughable. Those holes will be blocked by dirt and mouldy growth within months. #ParkdaleLXR
January 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Maintenance staff attended #ParkdaleStation yesterday to implement a fix for the stairs that don’t drain. The fix? Drainage holes drilled through the bottom of the riser.
Laughable. Those holes will be blocked by dirt and mouldy growth within months. #ParkdaleLXR
Laughable. Those holes will be blocked by dirt and mouldy growth within months. #ParkdaleLXR
October 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
And it did eventually get resurfaced and reopened. Credit to the project team for getting it fixed. But it’s mind boggling how much rework happened on this project, and how much that rework must have cost. #ParkdaleLXR
October 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
And it did eventually get resurfaced and reopened. Credit to the project team for getting it fixed. But it’s mind boggling how much rework happened on this project, and how much that rework must have cost. #ParkdaleLXR
You know infrastructure is considered a success when it features in the photo gallery of a home for sale. #ParkdaleLXR
October 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
You know infrastructure is considered a success when it features in the photo gallery of a home for sale. #ParkdaleLXR
Replacement planting in a garden bed at Parkdale. Guaranteed these will be trampled and dead within a week, just like the last lot.
Because of poor design, these doomed plants are on the ‘desire line’ between the footpath and the pedestrian crossing.
#ParkdaleLXR
Because of poor design, these doomed plants are on the ‘desire line’ between the footpath and the pedestrian crossing.
#ParkdaleLXR
September 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Replacement planting in a garden bed at Parkdale. Guaranteed these will be trampled and dead within a week, just like the last lot.
Because of poor design, these doomed plants are on the ‘desire line’ between the footpath and the pedestrian crossing.
#ParkdaleLXR
Because of poor design, these doomed plants are on the ‘desire line’ between the footpath and the pedestrian crossing.
#ParkdaleLXR
Tree theft is a thing.
The Parkdale Level Crossing Project gave us 4 mature native species trees here. Now they’re been ripped and stolen by heartless fuckwits.
#ParkdaleLXR
The Parkdale Level Crossing Project gave us 4 mature native species trees here. Now they’re been ripped and stolen by heartless fuckwits.
#ParkdaleLXR
September 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Tree theft is a thing.
The Parkdale Level Crossing Project gave us 4 mature native species trees here. Now they’re been ripped and stolen by heartless fuckwits.
#ParkdaleLXR
The Parkdale Level Crossing Project gave us 4 mature native species trees here. Now they’re been ripped and stolen by heartless fuckwits.
#ParkdaleLXR
Yes, these are in Parkdale, indicated in red on the attached maps. In those maps, every ‘blue spanner’ icon represents a streetlight still not activated, many months after the Level Crossing Removal project was declared ‘completed’.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
September 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Yes, these are in Parkdale, indicated in red on the attached maps. In those maps, every ‘blue spanner’ icon represents a streetlight still not activated, many months after the Level Crossing Removal project was declared ‘completed’.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
The cute Metro Trains logo pole-topper is back!
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
September 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The cute Metro Trains logo pole-topper is back!
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
Still no power for the new streetlights around Parkdale.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
September 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Still no power for the new streetlights around Parkdale.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
Despite the Parkdale Level Crossing Removal project having been declared "complete!" in May 2025... All the new streetlights around Parkdale that were installed and not yet turned on (indicated by blue spanners in the map), are due to be energised "soon".
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
July 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Despite the Parkdale Level Crossing Removal project having been declared "complete!" in May 2025... All the new streetlights around Parkdale that were installed and not yet turned on (indicated by blue spanners in the map), are due to be energised "soon".
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
A few weeks later, and the wayfinding sign is back! And it’s higher - nobody’s going to hit their head on it now. But the cute Metro Trains logo has gone missing from the top of the pole.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
July 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A few weeks later, and the wayfinding sign is back! And it’s higher - nobody’s going to hit their head on it now. But the cute Metro Trains logo has gone missing from the top of the pole.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
What happens when a wayfinding sign gets installed at a newly built station, but it’s too short (cyclists could hit their head on it)? They make it taller? Nope. It gets removed, never to be seen again.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
June 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
What happens when a wayfinding sign gets installed at a newly built station, but it’s too short (cyclists could hit their head on it)? They make it taller? Nope. It gets removed, never to be seen again.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
August 2025 and the sign frame with peeling paint has been repainted (or replaced).
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#ParkdaleLXR
June 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
August 2025 and the sign frame with peeling paint has been repainted (or replaced).
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
The bike repair tools have been replaced, again. Let’s see how long they last this time.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
June 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The bike repair tools have been replaced, again. Let’s see how long they last this time.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
All these little steel hoops have appeared at Parkdale - a sign of failed design. The paths don’t go where people want to go (desire lines). You can bet the next stage will be fences.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
June 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
All these little steel hoops have appeared at Parkdale - a sign of failed design. The paths don’t go where people want to go (desire lines). You can bet the next stage will be fences.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
May 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
“Parkdale’s transformation is complete!*
We’ve just finished our final landscaping works, planting approximately 100,000 trees, shrubs and grasses in and around the new station precinct.
All works are now complete, marking the end of the Parkdale project.”
*Except for this bit.
#ParkdaleLXR
We’ve just finished our final landscaping works, planting approximately 100,000 trees, shrubs and grasses in and around the new station precinct.
All works are now complete, marking the end of the Parkdale project.”
*Except for this bit.
#ParkdaleLXR
May 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
“Parkdale’s transformation is complete!*
We’ve just finished our final landscaping works, planting approximately 100,000 trees, shrubs and grasses in and around the new station precinct.
All works are now complete, marking the end of the Parkdale project.”
*Except for this bit.
#ParkdaleLXR
We’ve just finished our final landscaping works, planting approximately 100,000 trees, shrubs and grasses in and around the new station precinct.
All works are now complete, marking the end of the Parkdale project.”
*Except for this bit.
#ParkdaleLXR
The 4-square (hand-ball/down-ball) court under the new Parkdale elevated rail, near the basketball court, had drainage issues. After rain, water pooled and remained for days.
It’s now being reconstructed.
#ParkdaleLXR
It’s now being reconstructed.
#ParkdaleLXR
May 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The 4-square (hand-ball/down-ball) court under the new Parkdale elevated rail, near the basketball court, had drainage issues. After rain, water pooled and remained for days.
It’s now being reconstructed.
#ParkdaleLXR
It’s now being reconstructed.
#ParkdaleLXR
After a request to LXRP, all the stolen tools have been replaced at the bike maintenance/repair stand under the new Parkdale Station.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
May 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
After a request to LXRP, all the stolen tools have been replaced at the bike maintenance/repair stand under the new Parkdale Station.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
Parkdale bus route changes were delayed while new bus stop pavements, signs and shelters were installed. Hopefully today is the day.
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#ParkdaleLXR
April 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Parkdale bus route changes were delayed while new bus stop pavements, signs and shelters were installed. Hopefully today is the day.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
Sadly, the bike maintenance/repair stand under the new Parkdale Station has been vandalised already. The tools have been stolen.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
April 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Sadly, the bike maintenance/repair stand under the new Parkdale Station has been vandalised already. The tools have been stolen.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
An unexpected benefit of the new Parkdale Station with its dual entrances: pamphlet pushing election campaigners have assembled at only one of the entrances, and it’s not the one I use.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
April 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
An unexpected benefit of the new Parkdale Station with its dual entrances: pamphlet pushing election campaigners have assembled at only one of the entrances, and it’s not the one I use.
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
Bold move leaving expensive unplanted mature trees out over the weekend…
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#ParkdaleLXR
March 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Bold move leaving expensive unplanted mature trees out over the weekend…
#ParkdaleLXR
#ParkdaleLXR
Putting the Park in Parkdale
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#ParkdaleLXR
March 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Putting the Park in Parkdale
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#ParkdaleLXR