MANY callers to the police during Thursday's snowfalls complained that they had not seen any gritting lorries.
As vehicles got stuck and many were abandoned, there was anger from some motorists, who claimed that not enough was done, particularly on the badly-affected A30, to keep traffic moving.
However, a spokesman for Wiltshire county council confirmed that gritting lorries went out from the Wilton and Marlborough depots to treat the A and B roads in the Journal's circulation area.
He said: "The gritters were out on the A30 east and west of Salisbury and on the other A and B roads in the area. They went out at 5pm, were back at 8pm and, having reloaded, went out again.
"They went out again at 4.30am on Friday. The problems with the A30 were caused by a couple of lorries that got stuck.
"We had the entire fleet of 50 gritters on duty all night and the A30 through Wiltshire was gritted three times."
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