As a result, the JR West installed windbreak fences along the mountains (on the west side), the line between Hira Station and Omi-Maiko Station in October 2007, and thereby announced that JR West would regulate the operation with winds of 30 meters per second up from the former 25 meters per second.
これを受けて、2007年10月、JR西日本は、比良・近江舞子駅間の沿線山側（西側）に防風柵を設置し、それによって従来秒速25mで運転規制を行うようにしていたのを30mまで引き上げると発表した。