Council members showed majority support for the plan, which would upgrade crossings and provide pedestrian enhancements for the crossings at Bransford Road, Pleasant Run Road and John McCain Road. New Councilman Chris Putnam was the lone dissenting vote on the council, which authorized the $433,203 construction plan.

The upgrades would allow quiet zone designations that would bar trains from sounding their horns in the area.

Just less than $19,000 of the funds for the work will come from the city's Park Land Dedication Fund to cover a shortfall in grant funding for the work.

City officials said they expect the upgrades will take 120 days. Once the work is complete, the city will file notice of intent to operate a quiet zone with the Federal Railroad Administration.