Grzrd,
1. Well, Arkansas-side Texarkanans are always complaining that the Texas side gets everything first. 
2. Thanks for the Kenedy County info. I wonder what part the total of those items are going to cost out of the $1 billion between Harlingen and CC? (EDIT: What's also interesting is that the Interstate is now going to currently be signed to above Raymondville, Kleberg's County seat. I think the old King ranch was in Kenedy and Kleberg Counties (both are King Ranch names). Don't know how many public roads cross between the Kenedy border and the new Interstate access point above Raymondville, but once the Sarita-Raymondville section is finished that will be nearly one 12th of the Texas section of I-69 right there!)
Kenedy Ranch is apparently an offshoot of the original King Ranch. Historic details on Wiki are unfortunately pretty spare.
The county seat, Sarita, was named for the matriarch of the Kenedy family.
Sarita Kenedy East (Texas State Historical Association biography)Once in charge with her brother of a 400,000 acre ranch. Attended Incarnate Word Academy in Corpus Christi, Sophie Newcomb College (Tulane) in New Orleans, was a debutante in that city.
Now her namesake county seat is the only town in a 1,900+ square mile county with less than 500 residents, and will be (I believe) the only place in Kenedy County where future I-69 has to cross public roads.
Sorry to get OT, but the stories of real people behind these little towns are fascinating.
Back TO topic...one thing that's interesting is that according to the map Grzrd furnished above, pretty much all Kenedy County (DANG, I'd hate to get caught on that road during a hurricane) and its I-69 section appears to be in one segment, not with the Willacy County stretch, but will still be a big chunk of I-69/Texas to open up. It will be interesting to see how fast that section is built and opened.)