After Typhoon Herb, Executive Yuan Premier Lien Chan, out of solicitude for the public's plight, directed the Council for Agriculture to repair the Northern Cross-Island Highway as quickly as possible so that mountain fruit and vegetables could be transported down to the plains to fill the gap in the supply to markets there.
賀伯颱風過後，行政院連戰院長體恤民情，指示農委會盡快修復北橫公路，好讓山上果蔬運送下山，補充平地市場貨源。