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Question about permanent runway markings on grass strips

Here's the background. My gliding club has a new grass runway that is adjacent to the old one, which was becoming very bumpy, mainly due to the actions of gophers and ground squirrels.

The runway will be ready for use for the first time this spring. The edge of the runway is uncomfortably close to the supports for the door tracks of a hangar. We're going to paint the supports in "eye-searing orange and white stripes" as my colleague puts it, but I don't think that will reduce the risk enough. The pilot of a 20 m ship who is aiming for the centre line of the new runway, will have only a few metres wing tip clearance from the hangar structure.

My thoughts are to put some white lead-in marks, similar to displaced threshold marks that are positioned to give more clearance.

So my question is what is the best way to install marks like these, bearing in mind that they must be flush with the ground?
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