<p>A composite construction incorporating one or more woven layers of fusibly bonded axially drawn tape fiber elements running in the warp and/or weft direction interwoven with a plurality of elements of different character running in the weft and/or warp direction. The warp or weft comprises a core layer (12) disposed in a layered relation with a least one surface layer (14) , wherein the surface layer comprises a polymer having a softening point lower than the softening point of the polymer of the core .</p>
