The Smithsonian National Zoo has backed off an earlier proposal to build security checkpoints at zoo entrances after public backlash against the plan. But in a new plan approved by the National Capital Planning Commission on Thursday, it’s kept other parts of its enhanced security plan, including reducing the number of entrances to the zoo and installing perimeter fencing in areas that are currently left open.

The zoo’s original enhanced security plan was proposed last summer, but after public outcry, the NCPC delayed the vote to seek more feedback from the community on the proposal. Residents at the time argued that free, unrestricted access to the park is what makes it such a special part of the city. Too much security, the argument goes, destroys the fundamental character of the National Zoo.

As a result of that feedback, the zoo decided to scrap the security checkpoints at zoo entrances it originally proposed.

Here’s a rundown of what else is included in the zoo’s new plan: The zoo wants to consolidate entrances into the park. Right now, there are three public vehicle entrances and 13 pedestrian entrances. Three of those pedestrian entrances are official entries to the zoo; the other ten are informal entries where a lack of fencing allows guests to walk onto zoo grounds. The new plan would retain the vehicle entrances and the three main pedestrian entrances, as well as three more informal entries that provide access from Parking Lots A, B, and C (six pedestrian entrances total).

The zoo also wants 4,205 feet of fencing around the zoo to “close gaps in the perimeter,” according to the proposal. Ornamental black fencing resembling what already exists inside the zoo will be used “in any area that can be seen by the public, and chain-link fencing is being used in areas in dense vegetation or otherwise hidden from view.”

The bike trails adjacent to the zoo will not be affected, according to the proposal.

Thursday’s vote was the NCPC’s final vote on the project. Devin Murphy, a spokesperson at the National Zoo, tells DCist that construction will begin on the fencing sometime in 2019.