Two Indianapolis companies bid for Honda water line

Veolia Water Indianapolis LLC and Poindexter Excavating Inc., both of Indianapolis, are among seven companies bidding to build a 4-mile water line from Greensburg to the Honda Motor Co. assembly plant under construction near the southeastern Indiana city.

Veolia submitted the highest bid, nearly $1.7 million, and Poindexter offered the next-highest, $1.5 million, according to the Greensburg Daily News.

The plant, which will employ 2,000 when it opens in fall 2008, will use 2 million gallons a day.