A move this morning to make Hall County’s Spout Springs Road widening project a top priority failed to gain traction among the area’s top elected leaders. Richard Mecum, chairman of the Hall County Board of Commissioners, sought the measure in South Hall, saying “move this thing forward as rapidly as we can ... and focus funding on this road.” Mecum made the request to other members of the Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization’s decision-making policy committee, which met at the Gainesville Public Safety Complex.