(KNZA)---Voters in Jackson County will decide this August whether to continue funding local infrastructure through a special sales tax.

A question will appear on the August 4th primary election ballot asking residents to renew the county’s current four-tenths of a percent special retailers’ sales tax.

The tax was first approved by voters in 2004 and is set to expire at the end of this year. It currently generates about 600-thousand dollars annually, which is used to fund road and bridge projects across the county.

County commissioners had initially hoped to ask voters to approve an increase to five-tenths of a percent. However, that proposal was not authorized after the Kansas Senate failed to pass enabling legislation.

If approved, the renewed tax would continue supporting road and bridge improvements. However, under the proposal, cities would no longer receive a share of the revenue.