Residents across West Lothian took the streets to clear snow whilst the council were occupied by primary roads

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Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Residents across West Lothian took to the streets to clear the snow in recent days.Locals took action after council gritters were unable to reach streets when the weather was at its worst last week.The council say that in such conditions primary roads have to be their main concern and last week they encouraged locals to pick up their shovels.A spokesperson said: “We are extremely stretched during periods of severe weather such as this and are therefore hugely appreciative of any assistance provided by the general public.“If you are willing and able to help out in your local community then the most effective way to do so it to shovel snow from.