Improvements to one of Gainesville’s busiest intersections — Jesse Jewell at Queen City parkways — might come sooner rather than later. Gainesville officials want a project on the books so the Georgia Department of Transportation can explore acquiring right of way on nearly three-quarters of an acre that’s for sale at the intersection before it gets bought and developed. Teri Pope, DOT district spokeswoman, has said the department “can and does purchase property before it is developed” to save money, but only on “active projects.”