An early step was taken Tuesday to put the widening of Dawsonville Highway/Ga. 53 on a short-term project list. Hall County area top elected officials voted to ask the Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization, Hall’s lead transportation planning agency, to work on prioritizing the unscheduled project and seeking funding for it. MPO officials will talk with the Georgia Department of Transportation “to see if we can find any money” for the project, transportation planning manager Sam Baker said. Also, in 2020, the agency will update its overall transportation plans.