Boston city councilors will hold a public hearing Wednesday on plans to create a commercial heliport in the Hub after a call for more information by the councilor who helped ground plans for a similar site eight years ago.

City and state officials promised to create a commercial helipad as part of their $120 million incentive package to lure General Electric to Boston from Connecticut. But the project has stalled among concerns about corporate incentives and MassDOT budget concerns.

State officials have said the heliport would be open for public use, not just by GE, and the agency initially planned to identify a site by September. At-Large Councilor Michael Flaherty, who called for the council hearing, told the Herald last month that state officials have considered sites in Dewey Square, near South Station, as well as a “floating helipad” near the waterfront.

In 2008, Flaherty led the charge against plans by Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Boston Redevelopment Authority to put a heliport at the Marine Industrial Park in South Boston. The area previously had a heliport that closed in 1999 to make way for the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Flaherty argued then that the heliport would bring too much noise and pollution to the area and his order for Wednesday’s hearing addresses similar fears.

“Establishing a helipad would likely lead to an influx of helicopters to the area, which would impact noise, air pollution and safety concerns in our neighborhoods,” the order reads.

Representatives from the city Department of Economic Development, Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Boston Planning & Development Agency have been invited to the hearing. State Rep. Nick Collins has also filed legislation to create a commission to study effects of a heliport in South Boston, with plans to hold three public hearings and report its findings by Jan. 15.