Recent aerial view of Tumagabok. Mountain road going down.
Photo by Batutzkie Reynes
"... under the Strong Infrastructure Program of President Arroyo, with no hullabaloo, the province of Marinduque did receive support for national road programs implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)," - Marinduque Rising blog, Central Marinduque Slowly but Surely Now, June 18, 2010
"This included the Balimbing-Bantay Road, the Poblacion Torrijos-Maranlig Road,
and the construction of Hinapulan-Tumagabok Bridge."Then from another YouTube video dated June 21, 2010. Screenshots from Central Marinduque, future Garden City:
For road rehabilitation/construction on Boac Side, this DPWH sign reads (for Boac Side): Date started: October 16, 2008; Target Completion: July 23, 2009.
The construction of Hinapulan Bridge
And up to the concreting of Bantay Road.
By 2012, this video showing college boys encouraged by the new infra development in this area led them to explore new sites.
The 'discovery" of Mabusay Falls (in Brgy. Mahinhin), happened when a group of college boys were encouraged to explore the area without having to travel for hours passing through the now concreted Bantay road that leads to Hinapulan-Tumagabok.
YouTube description:
"The lasting thrill of simple discoveries. A group of college dudes encouraged by recent concreting of roads in central Marinduque ventures to explore forests, waterfalls and caverns previously unknown to most islanders. With Azreil Oliveros, John Kenneth Lingcallo, Melvin Flores, Adrian Macapugay and Richard Nardo" -YouTube video Sept. 28, 2012.
Screenshots from the video, Mabusay Falls in Mahinhin, Boac, Marinduque (2012)
By 2019 we see road construction on the side of Tumagabok.
Following screenshots from a video by Batuzkie Reynes (Sept 2019)
Below: Ongoing construction of approx. 20 kilometer mountain road from Canat to Tumagabok. Screenshot from video by Nelson Nace (July 2020).
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