A set of cones at the start of the taxi-way might have been a good idea, just to make certain sure pilots were aware the runway was closed.
This procedure should be automatic for those that have a work requirement on a runway. As a former ARO, it certainly would have been for me.
The most significant problem in my view is the number of NOTAMs that arrive when you call up a location or route. As indicated above there should be an option to filter what you want and not be drowned in data that is not applicable to your operation, such as all the NOTAMs applicable to capital city airports. eg: VFR, not above A100, class G or D only, etc As also mentioned above activities that occur at or in the vicinity of airfields that are not licenced/registered do not score a mention when the location is nominated. It could be an airshow or just aerobatics etc but the present system does not provide that info for other than registered aerodromes. This problem was raised at the RAPACs some years ago, but ASA said their software could not handle it. Things should have changed and ASA should be held to account for not providing a user friendly system that provides all relevant info.