indian ports association (ipa) is planning construction of roads connecting to machilipatnam port in dist. krishna, andhra pradesh. online request for proposal (rfp) invited for selection of consultant for preparation of detailed project report for roads connecting to machilipatnam port. the proposed road projects on machilipatnam port are 1) 4-lane greenfield road from machilipatnam south port to nh-9 in ap (with future provision for 6-lane) 2) 4-lane greenfield road from machilipatnam north port to nh-sh-46 in ap (with future provision for 6-lane) 3) 7.5 km greenfield road connecting nh65 to machilipatnam port (4-lane with future provision for 6-lane) 4) upgradation of manginapudi beach road to a 4-lane road to connect to machilipatnam (with future provision for 6-lane). [info as of: jan. 17]