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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                     EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13a-15e AND 15d-15e,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, Albert W. Van Ness, Jr., certify that:

          (1)  I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of CD&L, Inc.;

          (2)  Based on my knowledge, this Quarterly Report does not contain any
               untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
               fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
               circumstances under which such statements were made, not
               misleading with respect to the period covered by this Quarterly
               Report;

          (3)  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
               financial information included in this Quarterly Report, fairly
               present in all material respects the financial condition, results
               of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
               the periods presented in this Quarterly Report;

          (4)  The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible
               for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
               procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15e and 15d-15e)
               for the registrant and have:

               (a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                    such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
                    our supervision, to ensure that material information
                    relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
                    subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
                    entities, particularly during the period in which this
                    Quarterly Report is being prepared;

               (b)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                    controls and procedures and presented in this Quarterly
                    Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
                    disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
                    period covered by this Quarterly Report based on such
                    evaluation; and

               (c)  Disclosed in this Quarterly Report any change in the
                    registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
                    occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter
                    that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
                    materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
                    financial reporting; and

     (5)  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
          registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
          functions):

          (a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
               design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
               which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's
               ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
               information; and

          (b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
               other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
               internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: August 13, 2003
                                           \s\ Albert W. Van Ness, Jr.
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                                           Albert W. Van Ness, Jr.
                                           Chief Executive Officer



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