"It's unacceptable in today's day and age that Far North Queensland has to live with being fully cut off more than twice a year,"he said.
"You just wake up to water everywhere,"Ms Knight said.
"The rain has been a little bit higher than we anticipated, but not unusual. It is a one-in-20-year sort of event,"he said.
"It's built on a flood plain, but we can certainly reduce the impact and incidents and the severity of the flooding that occurs in places like Ingham,"he said.
"The damage is very considerable but we're committed to ensuring we address the immediate concerns of reopening the road to locals … so we don't repeat the same mistakes,"he said.